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When he took charge of the banking iusi-
Ness of the insurance company, the "Nih,citt
Mnk" system was at its worst; but Mr.,
Mitchell resolntely adhered to the sound
practices OF tie Scotch system; and when tile
crash came, then came his opportunity to
realize on his prudence. OF course there was
run on his bank. "Come on, boys, and get
your gold," was his invitation to all. Ihe
hank outrotle the storm ti.inmT ,anf.y, and
thereafter its power and Mr.. Mitclelis reru-
tation We're unassailably secure. AT one time
certificates signed by George Smith and Alex
anler Mitchell were out to the vaIue of more
than 81 600, ,0O0, and every one presented was
promptly paid, in gold if desired .
Soon after the war he turned his attention
to railroads, and repeatedly took up un-
profitable lines and by superior management
nlade them profitable. In 1sijS-'7O he COM
pleted the consolidation of various in.iepnd-
entlines and companies ii,to tbn greit Mil
waukee and st. Paul, and with st,ll sutcess
ms his management been crowned that the
hares, Which were hen $40 e:lt.h are now $92.
During the sweeping paIi' of 1913 the affairs
of this company were never seriously en-
barrassed r ssg s. -si
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n.
Mr.. Mifclielrs political experience was pc
culiar. Originally a Democrat, he left that
party on the bank issue; the slavery question
made him an ardent Republican, but when
the war ended his ardent wish for an
immediate restoration led him to sup
port Andrew johnson, and thereafter
he remained Democrat In 1868 he was q
defeated candidate for congress in the First
Wisconsin district; in 1870 he was elected, i'm
1872 re elected and in 1874 declined nomina-
tion. He was what was called in the jargon
of that time q pronounced hard money Dem
ocrat," and his speech in favor of specie pay
nlent, made in 1874, attracted much atten-
ton In 184l he married Miss Martha Reed,
of Milwaukee. They had but one child, John
T. Mitchell, now Il years old, ON whom the
property will devolve.
Having no daughters, the social duties Of
his lleine have been assumed chiefly by his
nieces, and his entertainments for them have
often excited the reporters descriptive pow
ers When Miss Belle Mitchell was married
at his house the festivities were the grandest
ever known in the west. Mrs. Mitchell spends
the cold months of the year chiefly at their
wilma in Florida. The family residence on
Grand avenue, Milwaukee, is quite an attrac-
tiela. the large grounds being very beautiful
The hoslse contains a remarkably fine art col
letien and is otherwise very elegantly
furnished John L. Mitchell. the heir to all
this wealth, is the father Of two children
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CONVEX 6s Ia lie Gsiiidwich Islands, and they
occasionally exhibit a new arrival from there
in the tabernacle stand, and have him tes-
tify in choice Kanaka about the growth of
the saints at his home; but / guess the
supply is about exhausted there. once;
heard Brigham Young say that of all
who had ever joined the church IS per cent.
had apostatized; but now know his estimate
was too low. Ninety five per cent. wo,ili
come nearer to it. Not long before Prophet
Joe Smiths death he published an estimate of
his church, placing the total of adult COM
municants at 100000. The world does not
contain half SO many now. OF the 175, 900
people, more or less. in Utah, at least 20, 90
are Gentiles, 80, 1900 aHickoriesn and 40O00
too young to know what they believe about
z divine things Indeed, a very surprising
percentage of the adults do not know enough
TO start d theological academy in the brush.
The other error Is in regard to the
young men and women reared in the
Mormon church; they are with scarce
ly an exception infdels personally
know hundreds of them, and do not know
one who really believes the doctrine In fact,
: Icaililot just now recall one Mormon family
of note, from Brigham Young to John D.
Lee, which has produced one devout Nor
mon. The most "captankerous "anti- Mormons
In Utah are the scions Of the Pratts, Youngs
and other patriarchs Of polygamy. 0ld Nor
mons die, young ones grow up infideIs; there
can be hut one result-extinction by dry
decay. Thousands Of these young folks call
themselves Mornons, of course, just as
call myself q Quaker, though have not seen
tho inside of q meeting house for twenty
years, and just as my chum calls himself
Pennsylvania Dutchman, though his an
cestors left the Palatine for Luzerne,
Pa, in the reign Of Queen Anne
1t is simply an ethnic title; but
here of late they seem to prefer being
called utah boys,n "Utonians" and aValley-
tans." It is nonsense to suppose that these
fellows win maintain the organization. Utah
will cease to be Mormon just as Philadelphia
ceased to be Quaker; but no one will be able
to fix the year in which it will happen. Ii
the local troubles were all, we could well
afford to drop the matter and let the Nor
mons go to the devil by their own road. but
there is another view The United States is
nation and has character to sustain among
the nations Of the earth. 1t therefore cannot
afford to allow a little squad of malcontents,
however contemplate, to take possession of a
territory, defy the laws and set up a new
marriage system. Even il we knew Mormon
ism would die of itself III twenty years land it
may last fifty), we should still bear down on
it with the law. 1t is little thing, but big
disgrace to us as nation. 1t is plot on our
shield, and the American people are going to
sponge it off-thats all.
ROBERT A. BARCLAY.
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ALEXANDER MITCHELL for some time O.
clerk in a bank at Peterliead. so he was well
equipped for business when he left his native
land in 1899. He located at once in Milwau-
kee, induced to do SO by Mr. George Smith,
ORGANIZER Of tile Wisconsin Marine and Fire
Insurance company, who was also from Abb
ersleeilshire, and by him Mr.. Mitchell was
now made secretary of the company Dur
ing the forty-seven years since that time his
course has been steadily onward and upward; !;
and lie presents the rare instance of one who
has made an immense fortune simply by reg
ular business processes and without specula-
tion Of any kind. His wealth is roughly es-
timated at $4,000. 600; but those large for
tunes usually shrink in the settling to figure
considerably below the popular estimate. AT
the time of his death he was president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad,
AMI was rapidly closing his affairs to retire
from business. His death brings to mind
many interesting stories illustrating his in
tegrity and Scotch shrewlness
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DECAY OF MoRMoNlsM.
Some Popular Errors Set Right by
Correspondent.
Especial Correspondence.
EarrT AYR Crry IT T Ar,.;I

tOpeCial COrreSyg0GNnCe.1
SALT LAKE CRY. u. T., April 49,
Every day mail brings something to agi-
tate tue eonteiding factions i'll this queer
place, and almost every day there is new
faction. There is, first, the "blood drinkern
Gentle, who wants the government to come
down with heavy hand ON all Mormons; !;
then the moderate Gentle, who wants a
very slight pressure; the sack Mormon, =
who wants them left entirely alone, and the
much larger class who know little about the
issue and care less. Among the Morinors are
the old hard headed fanatics, who sknow this
work. of God" and want to go ahead re-
gardless Of congress, courts or the devil; the
timid, who are for yielding, according to .
convenient revelation they have on that sub
ject, and the great mass, who have not sense
enough to know good from evil in govern
ment, and do just as their local bishop tells
them. And most important of ali are the
1Hickofiess 1.-The young Mormons, mostly
sksptics, and they are the class that win prove
the death Of the institution. So diversified
are our people that tine late acts OF cong ~
and the courts set every tongue to wagging ii,
a- different tone; Jew, Gentle, saint and
sinner, official and Hickory, y each IS ardent
III his particular faith, and the Cruel of street
conversation is "thick aud slab" with partisan
hate. 8sa II
OF course Il do not intend to give your
readers a history and analysis of Mormoiaisnl
lit il q 'chestnut.n All / aim at is 10 cor
rect few errors now common in the States
The first and greatest i the notion that this
Mormon church ii growing. In fact, it has
been slowly decayihg for thirfy years: bus
the decay Is q sort Of dry rot, not the result
of outbfysHk or sehisin Americans get the i.lea
that the thing j. growing from tlls fact that
all the Npirnons of the world II mean
the orthodox Brighamist>l have coalcestrated
Aii, aud near Utah. Once there were ri, 600
Mornions in the British Isles--siow not 900
In Scandinavia the church is about extinct.
Italy, France and Germany once held few
ti,o,iSsnd; NOW there Is no Mormon gliurcl In
them From the f.t revelation to tie lssst
teiy,ae oilIs ten IrisLner have sai,,ed this
sisufcI., ainl some 1T them came ID Usuh by
WY II Yau piellasls Land The heads Of
HE CHURCH here ftill rllifn 9u0 III iiiors
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HAWAEh2n EA0XLEIsTElTEa

There was sound OF melody in the air of
midnight OF musical voices and tfnkling
guitars. This was renewed at q a. m.
Dressing hastily went ont TO see what it all
meant, and found jolly lot Of young Ha-
waiians, under the leadership Of Col. Boyd,
of the kings staff, serenading Col. Spalding.
They were all more or less under the inhu-
ence of wine Their attire was more sober
than themselves-of black, with weed on
their hats. Three played very nicely on man.
dolins, a sort OF guitar, and two on violins
They played and sang very tunefully native
airs, with an occasional negro minstrel song
thrown in. They had just come from the
palace, where they had been playing and
dancing all night to assnage the grief Of the
king for the death Of his sister, the Princess
LikeIiks--a national custom, they say, after
death. At the palace they had danced the
Hula Hula. national dance, In company
with twenty girls, whom, ] believe, his
majesty keeps Tor bis own diversion
harem. am informed the queen has also
her private troupe. Cor. Cleveland Leader.
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A, Man OF MILLIONS. :
] ssKETcH OF THE LIFE OF THE
LATE ALEXANDER MITCHELL. .

His Home Life and His Homes North
and soutI.. THE Immense business aEn-
terprises of Which He Was the Head.
Some Other Matters. sE1gA# 2a5a a52
Il Alexander Mitchell. the richest man in
Wisconsin, if not in the northwest, who died
Sat she Hoffman house, New York city, on the
afternoon of April 10, had been a capitalist
ana nothing more, his death must have ex-
CITED much comment, but lie was much more.
SSssSshsS fifN was embodied romance OF the
practical. It was in fact an epitone of
American progress for fifty years, an illus
tration of the wonderful advantages this
country offers to the immigrant from Eu-
rope, and the skill with which the shrewd
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emperor syiIliam,s Luck.

The St. James Gazette tells that aiherse
sxstkfs,ae khronoh the Ieinzig strasse. BERLIN,
the other day, cast one Of his hind shoes, the
speed at which he was going communicating
sufficient impetus 20 il to send II crashing
through shop window some yards Oft At
some little distance inside the pane stood
statue of the emperor, which had been placed
there ON the occasion of the recent fete, and
the shoe fell exactly at the foot OF the statue.
The lucky omen, as they regard it, Is said to
have impressed the Berlinese almost as pro-
foundly, though OF course in different way,
as the eclipse of the sun which preceded
Cesar's death did the Romans. New York
Tribune. Aa@ sA6 la saa t9
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STORIES OF STATESMEN.
HOW CHIEF JUSTICE CARTIER MADE
TWO PRESIDENTS.
"Reminiscences Of the Grant and Lincoln
Conventions-Gossip About Ben Wade.
A Story of Grant and Queer Tale of
President Pierce.
Especial Correspondence

Lopeciai COrreSf9On0ence.i ElR4F 4s. Il
..-cs .f WASHINGTON, April %.
Chief Justice Cartier, whose remains have
but just been carried to his old home near
Cleveland, o., has been very prominent
factor in the history Of the United States.
As member of congress before the war, he
was one of the most influential i5oliticians of
the west and had much to do with the nomi-
nation of Abraham Lincoln. Judge Cartier
had also much to do with the nomination of
Grant. Two or three years ago he told the
story Of both nominations to correspondent
substantially as follows:
president Lincoln's nomination was very
doubtful up to the very hour at which it was
accomplished. Seward was by all odds the
strongest Of the several candidates at the
time the convention met, and had the ballot
been taken the first day think he would
have been nominated. 1t was not, however,
and by curious combination OF circum-
stances the elements opposed to him finally
selected Lincoln I was chairman of tile
Ohio delegation. The delegation had been
elected at Columbus and was instructed for
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Method OF ..rlan 1 rins... S.

Pianked shaf Is method s3ffener siis4a
south than here EARLY ssarhi sssas aer.IiIer
staafs good many beach parties. like i ur
claowdei isarties and clanlbekes. IL needs an
open fire The sIlad Is split and i.ailcis Ia &
lH'tfsi-aia OAK enc i spffferab and lrs,,,re
bs.fs,iH ot ssask nnlif eooketl "A inat II II II
nsest1fts IL sv,i Eessp the lnari' gsssnsAalching
'ie aE fsnn yhalriiass - II ~ ispfass Il sss;ggy
Taste 20 The fish. New Yesk Irinanes,
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up of mature poll
ticians: Among the
delegates wei e such
men as Tom Cor
win and Columbus
Delano. who were
especially un-
friendly to Chase,
as were indeed a
number. of the dele
gsa tion. I knew
Chase could not be
nominated, but l
thought Ohio ought
to give him q COM
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Scotchnlan avails
himself Of them:
for Mr.. Mitchell
came here as a
Scotch lad. He
was born Oct. IL,
1917, on bis faith
el''s little farm i'm
Aberde ensh ire ,
Scotland. He had
received a good
practical training
at the parish S 'llool
and was two years
in a law office, and
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A strong effort. j see, Is now being made to
have the Hanlan Gaudaur race occur at
either Nantasket Beach or Point of Pines.
The place which offers the greater induce
ments 70 the oarslneals in the way of excursion
money. etc, will get il OcTY CoHEE.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-15

g9glcal promises for the sole purpose
of handing them over, bound and
helpless, into the hands of their ira
dltlonal enemy. 1t is in straight
line with his first effort to confiscate
the Labor movement at the Cooper
Union meeting few days after last
years election, and with the final
achievement Of his long-contempla-
ted object at the disgracefal SYRIA
cusc Convention.
1t is to be hoped that the honest
but mistaken men who have hereto
fore blindly followed his lead will at
least open their eyes to the danger
which threatens us all, and recog-
nize the necessity Of once more unit
ing with their brothers of the Pro-
gressive Labor Party on the only
true lines of the Labor movement.
We never for a moment entertained
the idea of holding them responsible
for the acts of a few rowdies, worked
up to the performance of dastardly
deeds by the intolerance and inso-
lence of the self-imposed leaders of
the United Labor Party. They arc
not only welcome but earnestly en-
treated to take a leading part in pro-
testing with us against stupendous
outrage, which we all resent in the
same spirit of devotion to the cause
of labor and liberty. But to the
Georges, to the Gaybert Barneses, to
the Wilders, to the Croasdales, tc
the McMackins, we should all say,
GLANDS off; we had enough of YOU
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-15

opposing counsel, judges, and the judici-
AIRY in general. In a short time this val
ley will be thickly settled, and the inhab-
itants thereof will become veritable
mint to me- shall charge what the
traffic will bear; Sec"
"Pshaw Jake said |, you are too
sanguine by half, Don't you see that
these farmers and wage-workers. who
are thousand to your one, would see
through your scheme of making them
build your road through government aid;
taxing them on watered stock; charging
them what the traffic will bear, and all
such fictitious sources from which your
imaginary and enormous profits are to
arise? You are another Colonel Sellers,
Why, sir, against such robbery the en-
tire community would oppose you at the
polls, like one man, and cut down your
profits to a normal days wages, The
fraud is to apparent. DO you think that
the people are id fools?-P. Ross
Martin, in San Francisco People.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-15
THEORY VS.. PRACTICE.

"a dear friend of mine who had the
money-king idea on the brain said to me:
Il admit great deal of what you say
about the land, but let me tell you this:
Give me control of all the money and
will give you control of all the land, and
| will get the best of YOU
"Said l.: Clint, the first thing would
say to yol would be, give me all your
money or get off my land. Louis +.
Post
l met shrewd acquaintance of mine
the other day, and with aroguish twinkle
in his eye, he exclaimed Say, Martin.
l have just worked out scheme which
will net me my millions"
Good !" said |; ''please explain"
al have" said he, "come by the pos
session of large grant of land in one of
the richest valleys in California. My
My scheme is to deTeiop this valley
through the fundamentally of railroad,
and then go into the common carrier
business. Two-thirds OF the land, slapped
on to the next session of the legislature
like drawing plaster, will, together
with my watered stock, extract from the
government sufficient money to build
and equip this road. The other one
third / will hold III reserve to purchase
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-15
JOURNEYMEN BAKERS NAT
IONAL UNION.
OFFICIAL
OFFICE NATIONAL SECRETARY,
100 William Street, New York.

100 William Street New York.
At the police outrage perpetrated at
at the Union Square meeting three men,
bers of Bakers Union No were badly
hurt by the clubs of the police rutiiians.
One of them who carried the banner was
attacked by hreepolicemen, who attempt
ed to take the banner of the Union away
from them. The police however did not
succeeded and the banner was saved by
that brave man, though the uniformed
rutfians broke his right arm in two places.
The name of that hero is +. Stoher.
Union No. | elected him ban
ner bearer for lifetime and will provide
for him during his inability to work.
The banner. which was torn during the
struggle, will not be repaired the Union
intends to carry it on festive occasions
as an everlasting memory of that police
outrage. The two other members who
were badly hurt, will also be provided
for by the Union.
Boss Stoessel, who was one of the
shining lights of the bosses union. who
intended, once upon time, to destroy
Union No. |, has been boycotted into
submission. His three hands had to join
the Union, and the boss had to pay $50
to receive a Union Show Card. The
boycott which lasted about three months
was raised.
Union 4, Boston, reports that they sue
ceeded in boycotting Boss klitzke, POS
Pleasant street, into common SENSE
Mr.. Klitzke paid $40 for Union Show
Card, and is now Union Boss and a
much wiser man than ever before.
Union 10, Cleveland celebrated its
second anniversary of the foundation of
the Union. Brother Kuestner, one of
the leading men, writes: "What differ
ence between now and then At the
time when we formed Union No. 10 we
worked from eighteen to twenty hours
per day at low wages, and now only ten
hours and the wages are much higher.
All this we owe to our Union = The
brewers, furniture workers and cigar
makers participated in their festival,
which is reported to have been one of
the finest affairs ever held in that city.
Union No. -, Grand Rapids, Mich.
numbers forty-two members. That
Union together with the Central Labor
Union of that city will opena boycott on
Boss Schmidt, 23J Division street, who
will not permit his men to join the
Union.
Edward f. Sweeney. Secretary of the
State Branch of the American Federation
of Labor, of Massachusetts, will try to
organize the bakers of Worcester. We
wish him a hearty success.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-15
HANDS OFF,!

In his speech at the Antl-Poverty
circus yesterday Mr.. George took
flight to the highest SUBMITS of i'm
pudence and hypocrisy. He blamed
the police for their anarchistic inter
ference with the right of free speech;
but, instead of denouncing those of
his heelers who afforded the police
convenient pretext for the most das-
tardly outrage ever perpetrated III
this country, he affected to be I'M
aware of their Infamous conduct.
81 hope" said he, with the junction
of Tartuffe, "that no members OF
the United Labor Party in any way
disturbed that meeting" Then he
exclaimed, "We are not Anarchists"
and thereupon launched in an artful
TRADE, calculated by the promiscu-
GUS use of the terms anarchism and
socialism, to impress upon his hear
ers that every member of the Pro-
gressive Labor Party was an anarch-
list in the generally accepted sense of
the term-that is, an enemy of pub
lie order, individual liberty and hon
estly acquired property.
This speech of Mr.. Georges is on
a par with his cruel, bloodthirsty
utterances in the Standard of last
week. To any one who has watched
his game as we have done, and UNI
understands his tactics as we do, 1t
is the browning performance of a
despotic political schemer in the garb
of an intolerant theorist, in full
sympathy with the capitalist class
and counting the masses by dema-